Ethicon, Gmbh

E Richard Skula

Dennis D Jamiolkowski

Yufu Li

Shawn Thayer Huxel

Arindam Datta

Chao C Chen

A removable stent for implantation into a lumen in a human body. The stent is made from a soft, flexible fiber having an outer surface. An outer bioabsorbable/degradable coating is applied to the outer surface of the filament causing it to become rigid. The coating softens in vivo through absorption and/or degradation such that the stent is readily passed or removed from the lumen as a softened filament after a pre-determined period of time through normal flow of body fluids passing through the lumen or by manual removal.

Removable stent for body lumens

An intrauterine ablation device having a catheter, a handle, and a distensible bladder. The catheter contains a joint such that the catheter may be articulated to facilitate access into the uterus.

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Wayne, NJ, United States of America

E Richard Skula